Re: Sadly, Done With Stones Shows
Date: September 20, 2005 13:51
Yeah Hound Dog, I see your point,
but I don't think I'd fork over big
bucks for any band live. Concerts,
in a large setting are not really
musical, they are events, and after
you've been to a few, the thrill
wears off anyway.
As for the Stones, the ticket prices they
charge are criminal, my only real complaint
these days. I wouldn't pay $450 for a floor
seat no matter what they play, but probably
wouldn't pay that to see the second
coming of Jesus Christ playing a drum.....
Still tho, very very very few bands do unique
sets every night. Most now do as the Stones
are finally doing, a safe prescribed
setlist of hits and a few new
numbers from the albums
they are plugging. So
I don't think it's fair
really to centre the boys out
for this..........................
Just my opinion, folks can do as they please;
love the band or leave them, it's really
up to you. I suspect there will be a turnover
now. Is a good time. Will be a fresh batch of fans
from the new hit album and tour, and I suppose
in ten years or so it will happen again,
as it has been since the sixties. Some of us will
always remain. Others will lose interest and
move on. I remember some mega collectors and fans
from back in the day who have long given up on
the hobbie or even just the band, will even
claim they've "grown up" now, but not me! :-)